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Réalta ‘puts Ireland at the forefront of global arts + health movement’
13 March, 2023
The establishment of Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland, puts Ireland at the forefront of the global arts and health movement, according to Christopher Bailey, Arts and Health Lead at the World Health Organisation. Mr Bailey was speaking at the...

Launch of Réalta, the National Body for Arts + Health in Ireland
6 March, 2023
Waterford Healing Arts Trust has launched Réalta, the national body for arts and health in Ireland. Réalta has been established to strengthen the arts and health sector in Ireland and provide a central resource for all those interested and involved in arts and...

Coast by Tom Quilty on the Staff Art Wall
27 February, 2023
Coast is a collection of landscape images by photographer Tom Quilty. The photographs depict the natural beauty of the Waterford coastline from Brownstown Head to Tankardstown on the Copper Coast. The exhibition runs until 27 March 2023. Tom joined the Waterford...

Fancy a Lift? Daily Poetry Postcards
27 February, 2023
Fancy a lift? is a series of daily poetry postcards, curated and read by poet Stephen James Smith @SJSwords, as part of the Well Festival of Arts & Wellbeing 13 – 18 February 2023. Monday’s poem is ‘Amber’ by Eavan Boland. Tuesday’s...

Find the Butterfly, Find the Bee…
27 February, 2023
Find the Butterfly, Find the Bee, a series of prints by John Conway has opened at University Hospital Waterford as part of the Well Festival of Arts & Wellbeing 2023. The exhibition runs until April 2023. This colourful collection of nine risographic prints is...

Well Festival 2023
1 February, 2023
Good Vibrations, Celebrating Love, Life and Magic, and Standing Shoulder to Shoulder: Well Festival of Arts and Wellbeing 2023 announces programme of music, movement, poetry, art and stories to make us feel good. Festival dates: Monday 13 – Saturday 18 February ...

I brought the dream of flying…
5 January, 2023
I brought the dream of flying…, a new exhibition by artists Corina Duyn and Caroline Schofield, opened on 14 January at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford and continues to 11 February 2023. Inspired by a broken-winged bird puppet which accompanied Corina when she...

Exhibition Open Call for 2023–2025
30 December, 2022
Photo caption/credit Waterford Healing Arts invites artists of all art forms and disciplines to submit proposals for our exhibition programme 2023–2025 at University Hospital Waterford (UHW). Successful artists will be paid a fee of €450.00 to exhibit, in addition to...

I brought the dream of flying…
18 November, 2022
Bird puppet by Corina Duyn, Photo by Caroline Schofield I brought the dream of flying…, a new exhibition by artists Corina Duyn and Caroline Schofield, will take place at GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Waterford from 14 January to 11 February 2023. Inspired by a...